James Brown (Canadian politician)
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Source: Library and Archives Canada
James Brown (October 14, 1828 – April 24, 1897) was an Ontario businessman and politician. He represented Hastings West in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1882.
He was born in Scotland in 1828 (1826 in some sources). He was an owner of a company which manufactured iron agricultural implements in Belleville and vice-president of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway. Brown was a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia, served as mayor of Belleville in 1862 and 1863 and was also reeve for Hastings.
[edit] External links
- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
- The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1882, CH Mackintosh
- City of Belleville History, WC Mikel (1943)
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